Our Antarctic trip has taken us to unexpected places, like Brighton Town Hall on a very windy Wednesday lunchtime. “Would you like to have lunch with the Mayor of Brighton?” read the email from Anna of The Transplant Trust. “Oh, and by the way, would you mind giving your talk?” Sure we would. Now, I [...]
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It had always been my intenton to have a whisky tasting on our March 2008 expedition to Antarctica, and use the event for maximum sponsorship leverage for our charity, Transplants in Mind. The World Record for the southernmost whisky tasting would be a sure-fire winner. Ardbeg – my chosen distillery – would be falling over [...]
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Whisky Tasting: 55° 42′ N, originally uploaded by maltjerry. The second leg of the “World’s Most Latitudinally Separated Annual Whisky Tasting” in The Bishops Arms, Lund, Sweden. Latitude 55° 42′ N. Present: Helen, Rickard, Brian, Jerry and Ron. Photo taken by cj. The first leg was offshore from Vernadsky Base, Antarctica, March 18 2008. Latitude [...]
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It’s a year since Antarctica. Tonight, in 2008 we camped on the ice. A year ago the day after, I gave a whisky tasting on an icebreaker, in sight of Vernadsky Base, off the Antarctic peninsula, just shy of the Antarctic circle. It might have been the southernmost whisky tasting ever. On my mind are [...]
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